How to Win on Tour

I got to watch a little bit of golf this past weekend, and was impressed with Geoff Ogilvy's victory in the match play. But I also watched the last 10-minutes of the other PGA Tour event won by Mark Wilson. When the Golf Channel interviewed him after his final putt, he told a remarkable story. And to me this story verifies exactly what I said in my last post.

Apparently, as he put it, the day before the event began he didn't have a clue as to where the ball was going. But that night, he watched a video of himself winning the Honda Classic a few years ago. So what did he take from watching it? Was it his alignment? No. His weight shift? Not at all. Oh, then it had to be his tempo, right? Sorry, wrong again.

Simply put, he took from it CONFIDENCE, which enabled his game to make a "complete 180*" overnight.

In spite of all the time he spends practicing his short game, tuning his equipment, and improving his driving accuracy, all it took was a boost of confidence to turn a missed cut into a victory.

So should I scrap the rest of the work and simply tell everyone I know I can beat Tiger Woods any day of the week? Obviously the answer is no - all of these are important, and in Mark Wilson's case have been engrained by endless hours of practice. But confidence is what was needed to take all that hard work and put it into success on the course. As I stated in my last posting, CONFIDENCE is such a huge contributing factor to great golf.